# DocumentDBDatabaseResource Properties

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.DocumentDB](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.documentdb.md)
- Type: [DocumentDBDatabaseResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.documentdb/documentdbdatabaseresource.md)
- Kind: `Properties`
- Members: `3`

A resource that represents a DocumentDB database. This is a child resource of a [DocumentDBServerResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.documentdb/documentdbserverresource.md).

## ConnectionStringExpression

- Name: `ConnectionStringExpression`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: `ReferenceExpression`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-databases-aspire/blob/d8d44d4322ce04a98c27e15113a2ecacf12152d8//home/runner/work/azure-databases-aspire/azure-databases-aspire/src/Aspire.Hosting.DocumentDB/DocumentDBDatabaseResource.cs#L21)

Gets the connection string expression for the DocumentDB database.

```csharp
public ReferenceExpression ConnectionStringExpression { get; }
```

## DatabaseName

- Name: `DatabaseName`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: `string`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-databases-aspire/blob/d8d44d4322ce04a98c27e15113a2ecacf12152d8//home/runner/work/azure-databases-aspire/azure-databases-aspire/src/Aspire.Hosting.DocumentDB/DocumentDBDatabaseResource.cs#L31)

Gets the database name.

```csharp
public string DatabaseName { get; }
```

## Parent

- Name: `Parent`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: [DocumentDBServerResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.documentdb/documentdbserverresource.md)
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-databases-aspire/blob/d8d44d4322ce04a98c27e15113a2ecacf12152d8//home/runner/work/azure-databases-aspire/azure-databases-aspire/src/Aspire.Hosting.DocumentDB/DocumentDBDatabaseResource.cs#L26)

Gets the parent DocumentDB container resource.

```csharp
public DocumentDBServerResource Parent { get; }
```